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aimeekittyWell, I listed one of my danger kitty pictures on ebay, but someone suggested I might try Furbid. Does anyone have an opinion on this? Would it be a waste of time? Honest answers welcome!
It seems like there aren't a ton of things posted, but I haven't really used it before so I'd appreciate any advice. When you bid, do you prefer to bid one or the other?
the image I would be selling is the color version of this:
http://aimeemajor.com/images/temp2/amloli.jpg
It seems like there aren't a ton of things posted, but I haven't really used it before so I'd appreciate any advice. When you bid, do you prefer to bid one or the other?
the image I would be selling is the color version of this:
http://aimeemajor.com/images/temp2/amloli.jpg
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Date: 2002-11-09 12:21 pm (UTC)i think you would have a large success on Furbid. Good luck :-)
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Date: 2002-11-09 12:46 pm (UTC)Damnit...why do I have to be poor now!?!?!
I want it!
*cries*
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 12:48 pm (UTC)Cooolueeerrrr
I think I love pink too much. :P
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Date: 2002-11-09 12:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 01:01 pm (UTC)I WANT IT!!! I want it to hang up there with my other original aimee danger kitty!
http://aimee.wyvernweb.com/images/portfolio/anthro/ktowlc.jpg
Have you decided if you're putting up on ebay or not?
*looks in change purse hoping to find some money in there*
BTW...have you ever thought of writing and illustrating your own childrens book? Your marker artwork is perfect for that (I think).
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 01:09 pm (UTC)actually, I'd like to do a children's book, but I'm kinda nervous and not sure what to write about too., ya know?
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 01:28 pm (UTC)And it's not hard to apply for copyrighting. Once you do that, you can just buy one of those Children's Writiers and Illustrators books: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/158297148X/qid=1036877237/sr=2-1/102-5432378-0548128?v=glance&s=books
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:00 pm (UTC)Also, it is important to be very careful using those Writer's Market type books. Often, they are not very well researched. If you do use one, go through the book looking for markets that might work, THEN write directly to the publisher (or go to the publisher's website) and ask/look for guidelines.
Aimee, if you have any questions, general or specific, on how the publishing world works, ask away. I'll be happy to share, having gone through this sort of thing a few times now. ;)
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 02:03 pm (UTC)just focus on the cute characters and art, simple story, etc.
seems like such a nice thing to do
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 02:10 pm (UTC)The next step is to start doing some research. Go to a bookstore and look at children's books which are like the one you've done. Identify what their target age is (alternately, you can try from the beginning to gear your book toward "6-8 year olds" or "4-5 year olds" or whatever -- that might be a better plan). Write down who published them, and visit the websites of those publishers. Look for guidelines. If they don't have guidelines, it might specifically say that they don't take unagented material. (For the major publishers, this will invariably be the case.)
As far as finding an agent goes: google for "Association of Authors Representatives". You ONLY want an agent who's a member of the AAR; trust me on this one. You might ask
Also, it's considered bad form to have more than one agent looking at your complete manuscript at once, just so you know.
I know a lot more about the science fiction industry than I do about the children's book industry, but the rules are generally going to be the same even if the markets aren't.
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:07 pm (UTC)I've had quite a few friends copyright their work first then approach the publishers. They seem to have had no problems (a few are actively getting their books published now). I do know a woman who approached publishers with her book, and a few wouldn't look at it because they wanted her work to have a copyright on it. They didn't want the possible threat of being sued (should they come up with a similar book in the future).
If you do use one, go through the book looking for markets that might work, THEN write directly to the publisher (or go to the publisher's website) and ask/look for guidelines.
The book that I posted suggests you do this as well.
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:11 pm (UTC)Which publishers?
I know of no major (i.e., titles they publish regularly appear on the NYT bestseller list) publishers with a policy like this.
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:13 pm (UTC)Oh wait...I could be thinking of agents....
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:31 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, I do know of some publishers who require you to send a release form along with anything you send them, releasing them from liability if they happen to publish something similar to what you've sent. These are usually RPG publishers, though, who see a lot of submissions from writers who want to do sourcebooks. A lot of the time, someone on staff is already developing something similar. I know that every time White Wolf Studios released a new RPG, they got slammed with proposals for Clanbooks/Tribebooks/Kithbooks/Podunk-City-By-Night books/what-have-you, most of which had ideas that the staff writers who were actually doing those books had already come up with.
I think Pocket Books also has a similar release-form requirement for people who want to send in proposals for Star Trek books. But again you've got the existing-setting thing going on. Publishers who don't do this don't need to ask people to submit release forms, because the only way they would print something similar would be if another writer submitted something similar. They don't have staff writers. I know that a lot of new writers copyright their work because they're afraid that a publisher will "steal" their idea and farm it out to another writer or something -- but no one can point to an incident of that actually happening. Ever. The editors I know and those whose blogs I read (e.g. Teresa Nielsen Hayden (http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight) of Tor) tend to think of people who say "Oh, and this is already copyrighted" as raving lunatics.
But anyway, a copyright doesn't protect a writer from anything except someone else publishing EXACTLY what he/she has written. Ideas can't be copyrighted; only words and images can. This is why the woman who tried to sue J.K. Rowling for intellectual property infringement (because a book she'd published several years ago contained a character named "Larry Potter" and creatures called "muggles") got laughed out of court, because there was only a similarity, not actual plagiarism.
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 02:43 pm (UTC)Hope you don't mind me picking your brain.
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 02:47 pm (UTC)I could ask. I have a good buddy who does layout for Harper Collins, and I'm sure she'd know who to find out from, if she doesn't already know herself.
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 01:10 pm (UTC)its for the furry crowd, alot of people who look at yerf go there. so if you posted a link to furbid from yerf, i'm sure more people would go. just because its focused on furry items rather than ebay being anything in the world there is to sell.
and being that your popular on yerf, i'm sure you'll get some bids!
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Date: 2002-11-09 01:33 pm (UTC)I'm surprised you haven't tried Furbid before, it being a target for furry fans and all. I'm going to make a prediction now but don't shoot me if it turns out wrong: you'll probably get more bids on Furbid because of the high concentration of people wanting just the sort of thing you offer.
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Date: 2002-11-09 01:44 pm (UTC)I use furbid as one of my main ways of paying for supplies at school, I think your work would do really well there as well as listing on Furbid is free. ^_^
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Date: 2002-11-09 02:30 pm (UTC)Yay for Danger Kitties! ^^
Date: 2002-11-09 02:43 pm (UTC)Have you used TRIA Markers for coloring?
And, what is "Furbid"? O_o°
Re: Yay for Danger Kitties! ^^
Date: 2002-11-09 05:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 02:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-09 09:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-10 12:14 pm (UTC)http://auctions.boboki.com/
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-10 09:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-10 09:05 pm (UTC)'yiff' however is a sexual term.
(no subject)
Date: 2002-11-11 06:10 pm (UTC)so I guess I can add "Yiff" to the list of words I probably shouldn't have asked for the meaning of....like "bukake" and "futanari".....